Mr.Guvernment

Quote: Quote: Mozilaa sucks hard. You can tell its open source ;( What's wrong with open-source?? to me, there are too many wanna be famous programmers and they keep making more and mroe apps that are not stable, when they could all colaborate together and make one wicked app and all get equal credit, perfect example - Linux (not saying linux is not stable - just could be better) - if all the diff, version and comapnies got together they could make one version of linux that would be user friendly and likely then out sell M$ and drive it into the ground. just my thoughts on it.

well, for one, the only norton apps i sugegst you use are anti-V and MAYBE speed disk the rest u don't need. period and ther are better progs out there to do the jobs that norton can. I have ahd norton delete system files before ti said i did not need, so this is why i don't use the rest of the stuff. As long as you not a person install constant apps adn such, fill'n your reg, u don't need the apps.

what exaclty do you mean "jump", like "lags", skips frames? Do u got Active desktop on?

Quote: They better get support up for XP, or they be in deep Sh!t. I've heard that EA is just gonna do console games. Fine, as they seem to not want to support the NT core/users...sounds like Creative. Thankfully, I like FPS and other violent games. They have Xp support.... any EA game i have tried on ma comp, from madden - nhl 2000 - 2003 all worked fine. Need for speed worked as well.

^^^ lol oh yeah! good old dial up - heck, u know it started back in 83' when the paten went in, on those high speed baud modems! heck forget recording radio stations, let trade over the net!

Just explain to him that installing a NEW FRESH!! o/s will make his system faster and cleaner, and put it in basic lamen terms but u probably already have. argh! it scares me the amount of people who have NO!! clue about computers and how they work. frustrating really.

Quote: Quote: I could not for the life of me find a widescreen HDTV with any kind of monitor connnector. Well HDTV seems to to still be a novelty for the rich here, & not the sorta thing you see in most high-street stores, but I have seen the 15 pin D-Sub connectors on ordinary widescreen TVs. Having done a search on the net [which was more productive when I searched on "XGA" instead of just computer ] there are plenty with that type of input.... but they're all LCD, Plasma, rear-projection, or actual projectors, which are all a tad pricey. However, if you'd be willing to settle for SVGA then I did find a place called Electroline that does some HDTVs with SVGA input for somewhat less scarey prices. A m8 was telling me that they are supposed to be "copy protecting" HDTV signals to prevent copying of films and t,v shows via what ever method - how ever this will dgrade the quality signifigantly I was like, okay, if someone wanted something that bad they would just get a regualr T.V - also as he said, whay are you paying the high prices for the quality, when it will be degraded. will try to find the full story.

Well, ever since it first came out, and the very first build that my friend decompiled and took a look at and said u might as well send a message across the net saying "hack me, hack me" cause it''s programming and security was so bad, i don't trust it, although it has likely gotten alot better, i still don't trust it, also the fact that u are giving a 3rd party company your login information for each program to log you in, i would rather sitck with ICQ and MSN as seprate items. - just feels safer to me.

^^^^ May invest in a console nest year - just to play FF and also EA sports games - seem to be getting adicted to them lately, more fun ona console then on a pc.

Possible to trade in zone alarm for something else? i have not personally used it, but it is the firewall software i read about the most people having problems with it seems. <--- personally uses Norton (last 3 years) - basic, and does the job well

Quote: M4: Looks good... I'll have to check that out Mr.Guvernment: If Quake 3 is too slow for your liking, I'd really like for you to take a look at CPMA (Promode). It's a modification for Quake 3 that allows for fast weapon switching, ability to change direction while in midair (like QuakeWorld) and many other improvements and bugfixes over regular Quake 3. I can provide a link, if you're interested to some Promode game demos, they're unbelievable. This mod breathed new life back into Quake 3. pmistry: I agree with your opinions on Quake 3 and UT/UT2k3. I actually downloaded and installed the demo for UT2k3, and IMO, is requires less 'skill' than Quake 3. In Q3, aim is of the upmost importantance, whereas in UT2k3, it seems as though the weapons were designed to be 'accurate enough' where aim is less, if at all, important. The general weapons seemed to be what I would consider 'spamming' weapons, not skill-based weapons. Sorry for the long rant, but hey, I did give UT2k3 an honest shot... I just think it fell short. I will have to check that out, or just wait for a new quake to come out Because Quake 3 seem slower, i found it far easier to kill. As for the aim in UT2oo3, by defualt in single player "auto aim" is turned on. may want to aht turned off. and i have noticed that weapons are LESS accurate now in ut2003, and have a smaller spread on them. The sniper gun (eletric thing) u often need to take multple shots and it is hard to tell if it hits. even with the flak canon @ close range you don't often get a direct kill. sometimes takes 2 shots, unlike the original ut. Another thing i have noticed lately in ut2003 - is the ATI - even on God like, if you play capture the flag, or bombing run, you can run right around, or beside an enemy and they won't shot @ you, cause they only seem to care about the player with the "bomb" of the flag. - i think this is something they may need to address in an update.

i beleive most forums simply have an option of no images in sigs. either way, if they are allowed a good standard that i have seen around is all sigs must be under either 40kb or 30kb.

to me Quake 3 game play is WAY!!! too slowwwwwwwwww especially compared to UT the orginal. i played ut for years and a few month back decided to give quake a go, i almost fell as sleep the game speed was so different. but to each their own. the graphics are deum sweet on many maps, and i am still trying to get the whole bombing run idea, like passing it, i think that will be a GREAT!!! live team player game, as u can do so much and it relies highly on team work to really do well. As for downloading maps, i was the same with UT - had like 2g's of maps, but then it just got boring, i hope the selection of maps is good for ut2003. I like the old rough feel of the original UT - seem less like a "cartoon" as i saw Quake. i like rigide, not rounded. I also assume someone will likely make some mods which will bring back the old weapons, this would be nice to see.

Look in your volume control, make sure none are checked off as "muted" or the volume bar all the way down....

Quote: Teriffic! What does that that have to do with this thread? That is his "signature" just as mine below is my system specs it has nothing to do with the post.

likely been no repsonse as no one knew what to tell you. but glad u got it sorted out.

Quote: Everyone does not realize the TRUE beauty of using download managers. What happens to your 750mb download when your computer crashes? See what i mean? any large files i get are off of FTP's which alloew apending / resuming so never have had that problem. - even senidng a large file over ICQ - ICQ allows resuem as well, and may site which allow downloading of large files will allow resuming, even via IE.

Most cause issue no matter what and les sand less site are supporting them. I now use on called Netpumper because it works with Anti-leech web sites directly, it is the onyl one iuse as some of the sites iget stuff from use java which uses%100 CPU power when u use their download system, but use netepumper and it uses none.

My head hurts! but thnx, will try this out.

Is ther a reason you haven't connected to a server? Perhaps you dont have a key which means u got a warez copy? reinstall it? get some updates? if it is a warez version someone may have very well given you one with a built in speed cheat. Win2k will not speed up only certain parts of your game, it must be the game alone is messed up.

anyone should be aware of ANy upgrade to any new O/S. format if u can!! - even if it may take a few extra hours - it can help prevent a TON! of future problems to which you will be ripp'n your hair out over.

theyhad this on tech T.v - it is for better quality sound and u can go out and buy various types of tubes, some range in the thousands supposedly. but i will pass, i am not that picky about my sound quality.

Tried reinstalling it? Also, what does it say on the blue screen? what is the reason for it crashing...? If anything u buy the game or no? got new chipset drivers? i have wc3 and i can exit no probs since it uses a diff. res could be when u exit your vid card does not like the sudden change in res and crashes, i have had this problem many times with my tnt2 card - and with many version of drivers tried.

system specs? Update driver for vid and sound? Ms updates? Look for a game update? See if warfcraft 1 can work on win 2k (as it was made long before win 2k came out)

well, u don't want to format, but i would highly suggets it if you can! as upgrading from a 9x to an NT kernal to me would not be smart and could cause ALOT of problems down the road. have u check out MS's support? Perhahps there is a reg key u can change to make 2k think it is an english version.